It turns out all the Chelsea striker needed to get back to his best was a shot to sneak through a defender’s legs into the corner of the goal followed a swift kick to the nose.

The bloodied Nando promptly ran around in an enthusiastic fashion that the Stamford Bridge crowd has rarely seen. Perhaps Roman Abramovich will insist that John Terry boots the Spaniard in the face before every match between now and the end of the season.